by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hello there. Thank you so much for dropping in. You’ll find all my blog posts on my Substack site. I’d love to hear what you have to say about what you find there. Messy, Risky Writing
by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Apr 6, 2022 | Online Workshops
I’ll be leading 2-hour writing workshops on Tuesday, May 3, Wednesday, May 18, and Friday, May 20, as part of AWA’s Write Around the World series. This once-a-year fundraiser supports the social justice programs offered by AWA. A Write Around the World workshop...
by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Jan 24, 2022 | Creative Non Fiction, Musings, Uncategorized
Suddenly, this dream you are having matches everyone’s dream. You are here with all the others, suspended and waiting to breathe again. Waiting for the next newscast with an advisory, a warning, a statistic, a lockdown. You are not alone and you are. Alone. You have...
by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Jan 14, 2022 | Musings, Uncategorized
This piece I wrote when my friend, Phil Dwyer, launched his book, Conversations on Dying, got lost in the shuffle of refurbishing my site. Since my last post concerned my relationship to death and dying, I thought it would be appropriate to repost this one. His book...
by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Jan 6, 2022 | Musings
Doors are closing again. For our own good. To slow down the loss. One of the few television shows I watch is CBS Sunday morning. Last week marked the final episode of 2021. Half the hour was taken up with tributes to those who’d lifted off in the past twelve months....
by Deepam (Susan) Wadds | Dec 15, 2021 | Creative Non Fiction, Musings, Uncategorized
Writing my first novel in 2009 seemed easy and fun. Every other Monday evening for a year I got together with my fellow “Novel Approach” writers and effortlessly produced scene after scene. In my naivety and arrogance, I envisioned it made into a movie. With no small...
